Moravacarcinus van Bakel et al. 2021 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraaije, J. W. M. Jagt and P. Skupien. 2021. Origin, early evolution and palaeoecology of Gymnopleura (Crustacea, Decapoda): Basal palaeocorystoid crabs from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of central Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 564(110176)

Parent taxon: Moravacarcininae according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Moravacarcinus stramberkensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kotouc quarry near Stramberk (Cretaceous of Czechia)

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